Where to address post-16 issues

Learning to Succeed

The Department for Education and Employment white paper http://www.dfee.gov.uk/ post16 TEC National Council

http://www.tec.co.uk/tecnc/index.html

Further Education Funding Council for England

http://www.fefc.ac.uk

Further Education Funding Council For Wales

http://www.wfc.ac.uk/fefcw/index.html

Trade unions with members in the further education sector

* Association of Teachers and Lecturers http://www.atl.org.uk

* NASUWT

http://www.teachersunion.org.uk

* Natfhe

http://www.natfhe.org.uk/fued/fuedpage.htm

* Professional Association of Teachers

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/fraser_PAT/furthera.htm

Further Education Development Agency

The Further Education Development Agency is an independent organisation, established in April 1995 to provide services to further education that promote quality, lead curriculum design and development and enhance effective governance and management. http://www.feda.ac.uk

The Further Education National Consortium

This a collaborative membership organisation representing200 colleges. Our extensiveportfolio of learning resources and support services enables us to take a leading rolenationally in promoting flexible delivery to enhance thelearning process and widen participation.

http://www.fenc.org.uk

Further Education in Scotland

A British Council/Scottish Office guide

http://www.hmis.scotoff.gov.uk/GETS/furthereducation.html

Scottish Further Education Unit

The Scottish Further Education Unit's purpose is to contribute to the development of learning provision within colleges through the support of staff and the curriculum. http://www.sfeu.ac.uk

Association of Colleges

http://www.aoc.co.uk

Map of further education colleges with links to home pages

http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/ukinfo/uk.map.colls.html

Qualifications and Curriculum Authority

The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority came into being in October 1997 and brought together the work of the National Council for Vocational Qualifications and the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority.

http://www.qca.org.uk/gnvqu

Scottish Qualifications Authority

The Scottish Qualifications Authority is the national body in Scotland for the development, accreditation, assessment and certification of qualifications other than degrees

http://www.sqa.org.uk

Edexcel

Edexcel was formed in 1996 by the merger of Btec, the leading provider of vocational qualifications, and The University of London Examinations and Assessment Council, one of the major GCSE and GCE examining bodies. It provides a wide range of qualifications including GCSEs, GCE AS and A levels; GNVQs, Btec First, National, and Higher National Certificates and Diplomas; NVQs; Key Skills and Entry Qualifications and specific programmes for employers that can be taken in schools, colleges, universities or in the workplace.

http://www.edexcel.org.uk